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COMPLETE SET OF THREE VOLUMES BOUND IN FIVE - VOL.I, VOL.II,1 & VOL.II,2, VOL.III,1 & VOL.III,3. RARE selection of Latin inscriptions edited by Hermann Dessau (standard abbreviation ILS), published in five parts serially from 1892 to 1916, with numerous reprints. Additional material and notes are in Latin. Inscriptions are organized within chapters (capita, singular caput) by topic, such as funerary inscriptions, or inscriptions pertaining to collegia, and each inscription has an identifying number. Hermann Dessau (1856-1931) was an eminent German ancient historian and epigrapher, noted for a key work of textual criticism published in 1889 on the `Historia Augusta`. [ALL VOLUMES]: 225x155mm. [VIII+580] + [IV+736] + [737-1040] + [IV+600] + [CXCII+601-954+61] pages (altogether 2845 pages). Cover upper corners bumped and spine edges bumped. Spine slightly faded. Pages upper corners bumped/wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOLS.I & III,2]: Cover and spine rubbed and dirty. [SUMMARY]: This extensive collection of Latin inscriptions, indispensable for historians of Ancient Rome and classical philologists, is in good condition.